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December 05, 2012

Tax the Rich: An animated fairy tale (UPDATED)

The original version of this video, put out by the California Federation of Teachers and narrated by "radical left-wing Hollywood actor" Ed Asner, had a scene depicting a rich man pissing on the heads of some of the poors.

Sean Hannity is on the case (with bonus footage of Ed Asner asking a Fox News producer if he can piss on him).

Sean. It's OK, the rich guy was just waterboarding the poors using the only means he had at his disposal at the time, so no harm no foul. Right?

Bowing to right-wing shrieking, the CFT edited out the golden shower.

Here's the edited version of the video as the R. Kelly version is no longer available:

"Tax the rich: An animated fairy tale, is narrated by Ed Asner, with animation by Mike Konopacki. Written and directed by Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers. An 8 minute video about how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality. Things go downhill in a happy and prosperous land after the rich decide they don't want to pay taxes anymore. They tell the people that there is no alternative, but the people aren't so sure. This land bears a startling resemblance to our land. For more info, www.cft.org."

Thanks. Updated with newly edited video. The original cartoon had a scene that showed rich people pissing on the less wealthy as a demonstration of 'trickle down.' Apparently Sean Hannity, Malkkkin et al had a shit fit about that, so the CFT caved and edited out that scene.